So, FFXII made my favorite controller die. (Before anyone asks, yes, I did realign the pads. It's the wiring itself that's shot.)

I'm horribly cheap but I need to find another one. I still have the default controller, but doing fireball motions on it isn't very reliable, so I got a newer one. I suppose that the default will be for RPG's and hack-and-slash now, and the one I'll eventually buy for the fighting games. Sigh.